Window-shade container



G. W. GRIGG WINDOW SHADE CONTAINER July 10, 1923.-

Filed July 8, 1920 Summa? Patented AJelly 1o, 1923.

UNITEDfsTATEs GEORGE W. GRIGG, OF PORTLAND, OREGON;

WINDOW-SHADE CONTAINER.

Application led July 8,

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE W.'GR1GG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county `of Multnomah, State of Oregon, have invented a new and useful WTindow-Shade Container; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description 0f the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art vto which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to window shade containers and has for its object to provide a device of this character, which will encase a window shade and its brackets so that curtains, for-instance lace curtains will not become entangled with the shade and its bracket.

A further object is to provide a window shade attachment casing` which casing has its ends formed from sheet metal and its body portion formed from wood, the bottom of said casing being provided with an elongated opening through which the shade feeds when being pulled down.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, described and claimed., it being understood (that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of the casing showing the same attached to a window frame and encasing a window shade.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the shade casing. l

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 4 is an enlarged end view of the casing.

Referring to the drawings, thenumeral 1 designates a conventional form of window frame and 2 a shade, which shade is mounted in the brackets 3, which are secured to the window frame.

Brackets 3 are of the con- 1'920. serial No. 394,638.

` ventional form. The shade casing 4 comsprises the top,front and bottom strips 5,6

'and 7, which strips are preferably made of wood, and the bottom and bottomr stripl 5 and 7 are secured to the end metallic members 8 by means of angles 9, which angles are secured to the ends 8 and to the strips by means of screws 10. It will be seen that a rigid case is provided formed from metal and wood, whichl will entirely encase the shade.

The strip 7 is narrower than the strip 5 thereby forming an elongated opening 11 through which the shade 2 will feed. For additionally holding the ends 8 and bracing the same, adjustable bolts 12 are provided and are carried by the ends of the frontv strip 6, the threaded portions of which bolts engage notches 13 of the end plates 8, said adjustable bolts being adjustable by means of elongated apertures and screws 14.

.From the above it will `be seen that a.-

curtain shade casing V.is provided, which combines the use of wood and metal, thereby forming a rigid structure and it will also be seen that a shade casing is provided which may be easily and quickly placed over the shade. The great difiiculty with shades. where they are not encased has been the fact, that where curtains are used, the 'curtainsy become entangled in the shade and its brackets and consequently are damaged. By providing a casing of the character described, this diiiiculty is obviated.

It will also be seen that by forming the casing of the two materials lthat is wood and metal the casing may be cheaply constructed rectangular shaped casing adapted to be disv posed over a shade, thel front side of said casing being removable, the lendsl ofthe casing extending beyond the front side thereof and provided with notches, said front side of the lcasing having threaded bolts longitudinally adjustable thereon adjacent its ends, said bolts being received in said notches In testimony whereof I have signed my and nuts threaded on said threaded bolts name to this specification in the presence of and engaging the outer faces of the ends of two subscribing Wltnesses.

said casing, the upper and lower sides of the GEORGE W. GRIGG. 5 casingr being also removable, thereby allow- Witnesses:

ing access to the curtain from bove or be- ELMER E. Durs,

10W thecasi'ng. LILLIAN CONRAD. 

